Gambling bones

Museum number:
2-19540a-f
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210219540a@2df
Alternate number:
2-19540-45 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
One set. (a) and (b) are pin shaped. (c) - (f) are sinew twisters for sinew-backed bows.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
A. C. Dark
Collection date:
1882-1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gambling bones
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Called "throwing darts" by Nelson. A rectangular ivory pin, from 5 - 7 in. long is planted upright in the floor of the kashim. Each player puts up an object for a prize, and standing at a certain distance from the pin tosses in succession 2 small, flat,
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(c)— length 10.7 centimeters, (a)— length 15 centimeters, (b)— length 14.2 centimeters, (e)— length 7.2 centimeters, (d)— length 10 centimeters, and (e)— 8.4 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: 1/6-6/6. Remarks: see Nelson, p. 335. Continued from context of use, "... used in this game are from about 2 1/2 to 4 to 5 in. in length, rather flattened, and quadrangular in cross section, the corners rounded, and on one side of each end is a rounded bead, and on one side of each end is a rounded bead, the two beads facing in different directions. The name of these two small rods is the same as that of the game. They are sometimes grooved along one or both faces, and usually are pierced near one end so that they may be strung on a cord with from two to four larger ivery pins like that stuck in the floor. These latter are brought down to a flat, rounded point at one end, while the other is larger and rounded or squared, often with the head of an animal carved upon it... [From Nelson, p. 335].
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling bones, accession number 2-19540a-f, described as One set. (a) and (b) are pin shaped. (c) - (f) are sinew twisters for sinew-backed bows.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling bones, accession number 2-19540a-f, described as One set. (a) and (b) are pin shaped. (c) - (f) are sinew twisters for sinew-backed bows.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling bones, accession number 2-19540a-f, described as One set. (a) and (b) are pin shaped. (c) - (f) are sinew twisters for sinew-backed bows.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gambling bones, accession number 2-19540a-f, described as One set. (a) and (b) are pin shaped. (c) - (f) are sinew twisters for sinew-backed bows.

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